by John Wordock | Mar 30, 2026
Blizzard? What blizzard? I journeyed to Atlantic City in New Jersey at the end of February to judge the National Headliner Awards. The contest, around more than 90 years now, has honored many of my heroes over the decades, including Edward R. Murrow, Ernie Pyle...
by Mark Washburn | Aug 8, 2025
The National Headliner Awards have been identifying clever commentary at the point of a brush since our early days. Among the up-and-coming editorial cartoonists we’ve discovered was one Herbert L. Block of the Newspaper Enterprise Association in 1940. He would go on...
by Neill Borowski | Jul 10, 2025
Community digital-only news sites have shown growing vitality in National Headliner Awards entries as local print newspapers vanish. We put particular emphasis on attracting entries for the 2025 awards from the smallest to the largest digital-only sites. Judges were...
by John Wordock | Jun 24, 2025
What an honor. I was invited to help judge this year’s National Headliner Awards. Now in its 90th year, these awards honor the best and the brightest in journalism and media. Including podcasts. After reviewing countless entries, I came away with one overwhelming...
